A Merry Little Christmas

by Linda Ronstadt

Overview

A surprising holiday album from Linda Ronstadt, who has chosen to include just a handful of standards and only one song in Spanish. The remainder of the tracks are traditional old English and Welsh Christmas songs, sung in Ronstadt's familiar warm voice. Highlights include a brassy duet with Rosemary Clooney on "White Christmas" and the contemporary "River," which sounds almost like the singer has been listening to a lot of Sarah McLachlan. On the whole, A Merry Little Christmas is a warm window into what Linda Ronstadt considers to be her favorite songs of the season. ~ Zac Johnson

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/2023
Label:	Iconic Manager
UPC:	0784300321675
Rank:	1499

Tracks

1. The Christmas Song
2. I'll Be Home for Christmas
3. White Christmas
4. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
5. River
6. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
7. Xicochi, Xicochi
8. I Wonder As I Wander
9. Away in the Manger
10. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
11. Welsh Carol
12. Past Three O-Clock
13. O Magnum Mysterium
14. Silent Night

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Linda Ronstadt   Primary Artist,Vocals,Soprano (Vocal)
Rosemary Clooney   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
The Choir From Tuscon   Choir/Chorus
The Choir From Los Angeles   Choir/Chorus
Endre Granat   Violin
Tina Soule   Celli
Chauncey Welsch   Trombone
Novi Novog   Viola
David Campbell   Conductor
Barbara Porter   Violin
Harris Goldman   Violin
David Gardner   Bass,Baritone (Vocal)
Natalie Beck   Alto (Vocals)
Norm Hughes   Violin
Eve Butler   Violin
John Hayhurst   Viola
Rachel Purkin   Violin
Edie Lehmann Boddicker   Soprano (Vocal)
Mike Geiger   Bass,Baritone (Vocal)
Valerie DiCarlo   Woodwind
Murray Adler   Violin
Sheri Izzard   Alto (Vocals)
Bob Sanders   Trombone
Bob Sanov   Violin
Jim Staerk   Violin
Bob Peterson   Violin
Christine Vivona   Harp
Matthew Funes   Viola
Jimmy Ercole   Woodwind
Mario de Leon   Violin
Michele Richards   Violin
Kerry Katz   Bass,Baritone (Vocal)
Gary Kuo   Violin
Mimi Granat   Viola
Phillip D. Feather   Woodwind
Leslie Woodbury   Violin
James Thatcher   French Horn
David Stone   Guitar (Bass)
Michael Horton   Tenor (Vocal)
Rich Logan   Choir/Chorus
Jon Gilutin   Piano
Michael Matthews   Celli
Jeffrey Haskell   Organ,Conductor
John Gilutin   Piano
Sally Stevens   Choir/Chorus
Linda Harmon   Choir/Chorus
Jim Taylor   Choir/Chorus,Tenor (Vocal)
Rick Baptist   Trumpet
Sheridon Stokes   Woodwind
Dick Bolks   Bass,Baritone (Vocal)
Miwako Watanabe   Violin
Carolyn Osborn   Violin
Liane Mautner   Violin
Guy Maeda   Tenor (Vocal)
Paul Klintworth   French Horn
Donald Markese   Woodwind
Dan Higgins   Woodwind,Flute (Alto)
Dale Anderson   Percussion
Assa Drori   Violin
Mathew Cooker   Celli
Timothy May   Guitar
Brian Kilgore   Percussion
Susan Chatman   Violin
George Graham   Trumpet
Rudy Stein   Celli,Cello
Steve Richards   Celli
David Stenske   Violin
Anatoly Rosinsky   Violin
Bob Joyce   Bass,Choir/Chorus,Baritone (Vocal)
Irina Voloshina   Violin
Roger Freeland   Tenor (Vocal)
Stephanie Bennett   Harp
Suzie Katayama   Celli
Peter Kent   Violin
Armen Ksadjikian   Celli
Bob Magnuson   Bass,Double Bass
Greg Huckins   Woodwind
Charlie Bisharat   Violin
John Guerin   Drums
Jim Cox   Celeste
Jim Hughart   Bass
Peter Matz   Conductor
Teri Eiko Koide   Soprano (Vocal)
Marcia Dickstein   Harp
Bobbi Page   Alto (Vocals)
Paul Fried   Woodwind
Keith Greene   Viola
John Yoakum   Horn (English)
Warren Luening   Trumpet
Joe Stone   Woodwind
Joel Derouin   Violin
Dean Parks   Guitar
Renita Koven   Viola

Technical Credits

George Massenburg   Producer,Mixing,Engineer,Audio Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Ralph Blane   Composer
Michael Praetorius   Arranger,Composer
Public Domain   Composer
Robert Wells   Composer
George Ratcliffe Woodward   Composer
Jim Brady   Assistant Engineer
Doug Walter   Music Preparation
John Mason Neale   Composer
Gaspar Fernandes   Composer
Fermin Herrera   Translation
Greg Burns   Assistant Engineer
Tomas Luis de Victoria   Composer
Kosh   Design,Art Direction
Jenny Rosato   Assistant Engineer
Joni Mitchell   Composer
Mel Torme   Composer
Rosemary Clooney   Performer
Richard White   Arranger,Adaptation
Buck Ram   Composer
Glenn Meadows   Mastering
Linda Ronstadt   Arranger
Walter Kent   Composer
Suzie Katayama   Contractor
Joe Soldo   Contractor
John Boylan   Producer
John Guerin   Assistant Engineer
John Jacob Niles   Composer
Peter Matz   Choir Arrangement,Orchestral Arrangements
Teri Eiko Koide   Assembly
Paul Grupp   Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Hugh Martin   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Kim Gannon   Composer
Franz Gruber   Composer
Joseph Mohr   Composer